James Gleick6d ago

Underappreciated story: Trump and Bondi have decided to disregard the constitutional requirement that US Attorneys require Senate confirmation. In state after state they install unqualified apparatchiks, and it's up to the courts to discover that these stooges are serving illegally.

Which the courts have done, again and again. But the Trump regime simply ignores the courts and the law. All the work of these US Attorneys' offices is at risk. (1/2)

Show threadJames Gleick6d ago

Here's a judge actually throwing one of these Trump prosecutors out of his courtroom: “You have lost the confidence and the trust of this court. You have lost the confidence and the trust of the New Jersey legal community, and you are losing the trust and confidence of the public.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/nyregion/judge-quraishi-new-jersey-attorneys-office.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A._bYw.TmEGnQxpCWj0&smid=url-share (2/2)

Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court and Orders Bosses to Testify

Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey’s top federal law enforcement office.

The New York Times
Show threadtanavit

@gleick

A very good path to annihilate justice : without attorney, no prosecution.

Mar 18 at 10:26amWeb
Show threadDeterioratedStucco5d ago

@tanavit
And any conviction with an incorrectly appointed prosecutor will promptly be appealed...

@gleick